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Monday, 12 December 2016

Auction record for Sunny Ade’s guitar with drawings by Ehikamenor

KSA's vintage fender guitar sold for N52.1 million naira in Lagos

Designer-artist, Victor Ehikamenor, on Sunday
made his auction record with a drawing work on legendary Nigerian Musician,
King Sunny Ade’s guitar. Sold for N52.1 million at a Lagos auction, the guitar
which was auctioned by Dr. Jogun Onabanjo, a certified Auctioneer and Chief
Executive of Onabanjo and Onabanjo & Co, was unveiled at the KSA‘s 70th
birthday concert tagged Sunny on
Sunday.Sources disclosed that the guitar took off
with a starting bid of nine million Naira, generated strong competitive bidding
to as much as 17 million naira and rose to the hammer sale of N52.1m. Provenance described the musical instrument
as ‘a vintage fender guitar owned by legendary Nigerian musician, King Sunny Adé.
Attendees at the auction included businessmen such as Alhaji Aliko Dangote and
Mr. Femi Otedola.